buckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoREPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tabletswww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square179fedilinkarrow-up1694arrow-down18
arrow-up1686arrow-down1external-linkREPORT: Arm is sensationally canceling the license that allowed Qualcomm to make Snapdragon chips which power everything from Microsoft's Copilot+ PCs to Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tabletswww.windowscentral.combuckbanzai@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square179fedilink
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·16 hours agoYes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·15 hours agoPerhaps I should sell some without a license.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·14 hours agoOkay? The company will be the one to enforce their license.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·14 hours agoI didn’t agree to their license.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·30 minutes agoJust stop. This is the same bad faith rabbit hole libertarians use to say the government is all violence, from safety codes to taxes.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-212 hours agoBut that’s not criminal. That’s civil. That’s no different than a contract dispute. It’s not government enforced, but it may be government mediated. You could disobey a civil summons…but that’s a different issue.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 hours agoCivil law created and enforced by the goverment is goverment sanctioned. And FYI it is also criminal, you can go to goverment-sanctioned private prison for it.
Yes. I’m not saying it’s not monopolistic behavior. I’m saying it’s not a government sanctioned monopoly.
Perhaps I should sell some without a license.
Okay? The company will be the one to enforce their license.
I didn’t agree to their license.
Just stop. This is the same bad faith rabbit hole libertarians use to say the government is all violence, from safety codes to taxes.
But that’s not criminal. That’s civil. That’s no different than a contract dispute. It’s not government enforced, but it may be government mediated.
You could disobey a civil summons…but that’s a different issue.
Civil law created and enforced by the goverment is goverment sanctioned. And FYI it is also criminal, you can go to goverment-sanctioned private prison for it.